Folding penholder.



P. SPLETTSTOSSE'R.

FOLDING PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 7, 1911.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH CO., WASHINGTON. D- C FRITZ SPLETTSTOSSER, OFSTRYKER, TEXAS.

FOLDING PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 7, 1911.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Serial No. 607,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRITZ Srnnr'rs'rossnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Stryker, in the county of Polk and State of Texas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Penholders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pens and holders therefor, and the object ofthe invention is to provide a device which is simple in construction,eflicient, and which can be manufactured at a small cost.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the pens aswell as the pencil and eraser folded within the holder. Fig. 4 is a topplan view of one of the pens. Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating themanner in which two or more pens may be employed. Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of the device illustrated in Fig. 5.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates the holder of thedevice. This holder is preferably constructed of a tubular member formedof some suitable resilient material. The holder 1 has its top and bottomfaces preferably flattened for a distance away from the opposite endsthereof and the sides of the holder adjacent the said flattened portionsare cut away, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.Positioned between the arms 2 and 3 provided by the cut away portionsadjacent one end of the holder 1 is a pivoted marking member such as apencil 4 and a knife or eraser 5, the same being also connected withpintle sustaining the marking element 4. The pintle preferably has itsupper extremity threaded and is adapted to be engaged by a milled nut 6,so that the arms 2 and 3 may be readily compressed so as to sustaineither the member 4 or the member 5 in a desired position with relationto the holder 1. The knife or eraser 5 and the marking element 4 may beemployed, when in the position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, asa divider or scriber. The elements 4 and 5 may be swung between the arms2 and 3 of the holder 1 when not in use, and as illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

The numerals 7 and 8 designate the arms provided by the cut awayportions upon the opposite end of the holder 1. The numeral 9 designatesa headed screw which is adapted to pass through suitable openingsprovided in the arms 7 and 8 and the projecting portion of the screw 9is engaged by a milled nut 10. By this arrangement the arms 7 and 8 maybe readily compressed toward each other as desired.

The numeral 11 designates the pen members. Each of these pen members isof identical construction and each comprises a flattened memberconstructed of steel or other partially yieldable material. Each of thepens 11 is provided with the usual nib 12 and with a slitted portioncommunicating with the ink retaining opening 13. Each of the flattenedpen members 11 is further provided with an elongated slot 14, andthrough this slot the screw member 9 is passed and retains the pens 11between the arms 7 and 8. It is, of course, to be understood that anydesired number of the pen members 11 may be employed, and that anydesired number of the pens may be used in Writing or scribing. Asillustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, two of the pen members areprojected beyond the end of the holder 1 while the intermediate penpoint 11 is swung between the arms 7 and 8- as are the remaining penmembers. One of the said pens is drawn outwardly a suitable distancebeyond the coacting pen member, and by this arrangement it will be notedthat the device may be employed as a fountain pen, the ink beingreceived between the upper face of the lower pen member and the lowerface of the upper pen member. If desired, an ink sustaining element suchas a piece of blotting paper may be inserted between the spaced pens sothat a sufficient quantity of ink will be retained to allow the pen tobe used for quite a time. It is to be further noted that the pens may beswung upon any desired angle upon their pivot 9 and retained in the saidswung position through the medium of the milled nut 10.

The device may be employed as a drafting pen, as a writing pen, as astriker for vehicles and for many other uses which are not deemednecessary to herein enumerate, but from the above description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that each ofthe separate pen members may be readily cleansed after use and may beswung between the arms 7 and 8 when the device is not in use, and asillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so that the nibs of the pen willnot contact any obstruction and whereby the device may be readilycarried within the pocket of the owner.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is z-The combination with a holder constructed of resilient material, thesaid holder being provided with integrally formed 0ppositely arrangedarms, a pintle connecting the arms, a nut secured to the pintle forcompressing the arms, and a plurality of flattened pen points havingelongated openings adapted to be engaged by the pintle, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRITZ SPLETTSTOSSER. lVitnesses:

E. G. PURVIS, LEO BERGMAN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

